Recs FARQUHAR & Co., BOSTON. 
SPIRAEAS.  (Astilbe.) 
Ready in November. (By express or freight only.) 
NEW VARIETIES. 
The following Spirzeas or Astilbe Arendsii are most deco- 
rative plants for the hardy border, forming massive clumps 
with an abundance of flower spikes. They are also inval- 
uable for pot culture. 
Rubens. New. This variety should prove a] Each | Doz. 
most valuable acquisition for forcing being! 
of strong growth and producing long feathery | 
flower panicles of clear pink which color is| 
retained when forced $0.40 | $4.50 
Brunhilde. Feathery panicles of creamy-| 
LOSE tin Sede wiit lap ate yaaa nee se | 35 3.50 
Kremhieldi. Salmon-rose; beautiful [> eee Ib. B50 
| | 
Pink Pearl. Graceful spikes of pyramidal] | 
form; Howers delicaterose #5 =. ee eee Spl aeses5O 
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Salmon Queen. Flowers salmon-rose . .| .40 | 4.50 
STANDARD VARIETIES. 
Japonica. One of the best plants| E«ch | Doz. | 100 
for winter and spring forcing. Its| 
rich, dark-green, fern-like foliage 
is surmounted with a _ profusion 
of pure white flowers, rising in 
erect feathery panicles. Large 
Spirea, Queen Alexandra. 
clumps vse eth saan os) en Ph SORTS ai Sie> OF STOO, 
; . _ Hybrida Gladstone. A large flowering variety 
TRILLIUMS. (Wood Lily or Trinity Flower.) ‘with immense trusses of snow-white flowers 
; ; Spas ve ; -borne on long stalks. Excellent for forcing and 
Very beautiful, hardy, native plants, delighting in moist shady are aeeaae unequaled anemia 236 lea 7 etlerqaee 
situations. Height, one foot. 
Grandiflorum. (Giant American Wood Lily.) | Doz. 
Flowers pure white, changing to delicate rose .|$0.75 
Erectum. The common purple-flowered wood lily, 
one of the earliest SEEM pipet rte ce age 75 6.00 
Erythrocarpum. Large white flowers . . 1.00 8.00 
Peach Blossom. A splendid new variety of branch- 
ing habit with large showy sprays of delicate pink 
$6.00 flowers, excellent forforcing . . . - +. «| -25 
Palmata. A beautiful hardy variety, with large, 
rosy-crimson, feathery flowers; very elegant when 
100 
to 
.00 | 15.00 
: ; ae. : Me aie Cam ane oh toes 20 | 2.00 | 15.00 
Sessile Album. A very fine white variety from Cali- forced 2 meer anae eo >) 
fornia, having beautifully mottled leaves . . .| 1.75 | 14.00 Cue eae: - vety peas V Fy Does 
essile Rubra. Flowers reddish-purple . 1.75 | 14.00 cing dense compact spikes of clear pl TS. 
: : : Paue as : Awarded a Silver Medal by the Mass. Hort. 
Soc. are eee heres Ste Gili he OOOO) 10,0) 
TROPAOLUM. 
Charming climbing plant for pot cultivation in the conservatory 
window; with delicate foliage and elegant flowers. The plants are 
usually trained over balloon-shaped trellises. Plant three or four 
bulbs in an eight-inch pot, covering them one and a half inches. 
Jarrattii.. (Tricolorum.) Scarlet, yellow and black. Each, 20 
cents; per dozen, $2.00; per 100, $15.00. 
VALLOTA PURPUREA. (The Scarborough Lily.) 
A beautiful free-flowering summer and autumn blooming Ama- 
ryllis producing strong spikes of brilliant scarlet flowers. Ifa number 
of bulbs are planted ina 10-inch pot they form very decorative plants 
for the piazza or lawn. They also make excellent house plants. Each, 
35 cents; dozen, $3.25; per 100, $25.00. 
VWATSONIA. 
Ardernei. This new white variety was recently introduced from 
South Africa and is likely to become very popular. The bulbs 
resemble gladioli, sending up stems to a height of 3 to 4 feet, each | 
stem bearing about a dozen snow-white flowers. Fine for forcing Jaa 
in the greenhouse or planting outdoors in spring like the Gladioli. 
Each, 15 cents; dozen, $1.25; per 100, $9.00. Trillium Grandifforum. 
